Preface

Supervising the Network has two purposes:

To help you set up your NetWare® network after completing the NetWare® 4.1/9000 NetWare Services installation procedure
To help you manage your NetWare network after you have installed NetWare® 4.1/9000 NetWare Services.

This manual is to be used by network supervisors or system administrators responsible for maintaining all or part of a UnixWare 2.1 NetWare Services network.

Overview

Supervising the Network is organized to help you take advantage of your networking experience. It provides quick access to utility instructions while allowing a more detailed study of the theory and concepts behind NetWare® 4.1/9000 NetWare Services.

Once you are ready to work with the NetWare utilities, you can find step-by-step instructions for those utilities.

The graphical NetWare Administrator utility is available for users of Microsoft* (MS) Windows (referred to as Windows in this manual).
The NETADMIN, FILER, and PARTMGR text utilities are the DOS equivalent to the NetWare Administrator utility.
The HP-UX command line is used for administering nwcm and other NetWare utilities.

Before You Begin

All of the tasks described in this manual are intended primarily for use by a NetWare network supervisor on an HP-UX 9000 system. Other users with sufficient rights can also perform these tasks.

For a definition of user types and a listing of rights and what they allow, see Chapter 3, "Managing the NetWare Services File System," in this manual.

Also, make sure you have installed and set up NetWare® 4.1/9000 and gone through the complete installation procedures for the NetWare® 4.1/9000 NetWare Services product. This includes running the required Directory Services Install ( DS_Install) utility and creating your client diskettes (if desired). See Installation Handbook for complete instructions..

Before moving to other areas of this manual, we suggest you take a few minutes to read all of this preface; then read through the Table of Contents to understand the layout of this manual, and finally read Chapter 1, "Getting Started," to ensure that you have followed all of the appropriate steps before you begin to administer your NetWare network.

Checklist for Installing and Setting Up Your Network

To set up your NetWare® 4.1/9000 NetWare Services network, use the manuals in your NetWare® 4.1/9000 NetWare Services set in the order shown in the following checklist. (Chapter-only references refer to chapters within this manual.)

Install the server and client software. See Installation Handbook for instructions.
Understand NetWare Directory Services™ (NDS™) by reading Introduction to NetWare Directory Services.
Set up NDS objects, such as organizations, groups, and user accounts. Chapter 2, "Setting Up and Managing NetWare Directory Services Objects," which gives you information and procedures about objects.
Set up your NetWare protocol stacks and networking environment. See Chapter 7, "Maintaining the NetWare Server," for information.
Set up your file system and install network applications. Chapter 3, "Managing the NetWare Services File System," contains the planning guidelines and instructions for creating directories and installing applications.
Plan and create login scripts if desired. Chapter 5, "Customizing the User Environment," explains the types of login scripts you can create for network users.
Set up printing. See Print Services for information and instructions.

Managing Your Network

After setting up your NetWare network, use this manual to help you keep your network updated and running efficiently.

This manual will help you perform such routine tasks as managing your NetWare Directory database and its associated objects, maintaining your NetWare file system, and setting up your NetWare servers.

Software Requirements

NetWare® 4.1/9000
NetWare® 4.1/9000 NetWare Services
DOS, Win 95, Win 3.11 and NT on the client

Other Requirements

Unless otherwise stated, all tasks documented in this manual are intended for a user having the Supervisor object right to the Root object and to the Server object for native NetWare, plus System Owner permissions for configuration.

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